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Spitzer space telescope detects light from alien "super-Earth"

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected infrared light emanating from 55 Cancri e, a dark, blazing-hot planet only twice the size of Earth and eight times as heavy. This marks the first time that light has been detected from a planet of such a small size, and the find is telling astrophysicists where to look in their search for signs of life on planets beyond our own... Continue Reading Spitzer space telescope detects light from alien "super-Earth"Section: Science and EducationTags: Exoplanet, Infrared, NASA, Space, Super-Earth Related Articles: Hubble breakthrough boosts search for life outside our solar system Spitzer Space Telescope locates youngest solar systems New hunting technique to aid in search for Earth-like planets Historic pics show worlds beyond our solar system Kepler space observatory continues search for Earth-like planets First Earth-size planets discovered beyond our solar system